Car-coupling



N. JfPARISH. GAR COUPLING.

(No Model.)

No. 473,588. Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

Nrrnn Srnrns NEWTON J. PARISH, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,588, dated April 26, 1892. Application filed January 23, 1892 $erial No. 419,064- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEWTON J. PARISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blair, in the county of YVashington and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Car- Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car-couplin gs.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of pinand-link car-couplings to enable the same to be readily attached to the ordinary freightcar and other vehicles and to enable the same to be operated from the sides and the top of a car without danger to the operator.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a car-coupling constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the draw-head and link-lifter.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a draw-head having a longitudinal opening 2 to receive a link in the usual manner and provided with a pin-opening 3, in which is arranged a headed coupling-pin 4, which couples with the link in the usual manner. The headed coupling-pin is arranged in a slot 5 of a plate 6, which projects forward from a lifting-frame 7, and which is arranged when lowered upon the upper face of the draw-head to lift the pin to uncouple cars and to bring the pin in position preparatory to coupling. The liftingframe is rectangular and is composed of depending sides 8 and a cross-piece 9, which is formed by extending the upper ends of the sides inward and securing them to an anglebar 10. The an gle-bar when the lifting-frame is lowered rests upon a block 11, which is arranged above the draw-head. The liftingframe is operated from the side of the car by a lever 12, which is fulcrumed on the car and has its inner end bifurcated and pivoted to an extending ear or end of the angle-bar, and the lifting-frame is operated from the top of the car by a bell-cran k lever 14:, which is fulcrumed at its angle in a bracket or support 15, and which has one arm pivotally connected to the upper end of a vertical rod 16, arranged in guides 17 on the end of the car and having its lower end connected to or forming a part of the angle-bar. The link of an approaching car is lifted or raised to a suitable elevation to enter the opening of the draw-head of the car to be coupled by a U-shaped linklifter 18, which is horizontally disposed and has its ends loosely mounted in openings of the lower ends of the sides of the liftingframe. The link-lifter projects forward beyond the draw-head and is adapted to raise the link of the approaching car, and it is supported in its position by springs 19, which have their upper ends secured to the liftingframe and are arched or curved outward, and the body of each spring is arranged vertically and is provided at its lower end with an opening to receive a side of the link-lifter. By this arrangement the link-lifter is supported in a horizontal position and is held forward, and as it slides loosely in the lifting-frame it is adapted to be moved backward and forward incident to the coupling of the cars, and the springs serve as cushions and return the link-lifter to its initial or normal position.

It will be seen that the car-couplingis simple and inexpensive in construction, and is adapted to enable an operator to readily couple cars or uncouple them from their sides or tops without danger to himself. The angle-bar is retained in place by a guide 20, which is secured to the end of the car and which extends vertically from the block 11. The ends of the link-lifter are rounded to form shoulders to be engaged by the supporting-springs, and the extreme ends of the linklifter are provided with suitable heads, which may, if desired, be formed by nuts or the like.

What I claim is- 1. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-head, a coupling-pin, a lifting-frame straddling the draw-head and connected with the coupling-pin and depending below the drawhead, a U-shaped link lifter loosely mounted in the lifting-frame, and means for raising and lowering the lifting-frame, substantially as described.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw -head, a coupling-pin, a rectangular lifting-frame straddling the draw-head, a U- shaped link-lifter loosely mounted in the lifting-frame and projecting forward in front of the draw-head the springs secured to the lifting-frame and having their upper ends curved and provided at their lower ends with openings to receive the link-lifter, and means for raising and lowering the liftin g-fram e, substantially as described.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination of a drawhead, a coupling -pin, a rectangular lifting-frame straddling the draw-head and providedwith a slotted plate to receive the coupling-pin, a link-lifter loosely mounted in the lifting-frame, the springs secured to the frame and supporting the link-lifter, and means for raising and lowering the liftingframe, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

NEWVTON J. PARISH.

Witnesses:

J OE S. CooK, PETER HAMMANY. 

